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Because conventional two-dimensional measurements may not fully capture the three-dimensional vascular features influencing device behavior, this study evaluated whether CTA-derived carotid siphon morphometry can predict the level of device support required for aspiration catheter navigation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective study included patients who underwent endovascular thrombectomy at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Szeged, between 15 April 2020 and 16 May 2022. From an initial cohort of 160 patients, 54 CTA datasets were suitable for three-dimensional segmentation, and 53 cases were included in the final morphometric analysis. Paired native CT and CTA scans were processed using a subtraction-based workflow in 3D Slicer, followed by vesselness filtering, segmentation, and centerline extraction. Local carotid siphon features, including cross-sectional area and curvature-related distance measurements, were extracted. Procedural difficulty was defined using a stepwise device-escalation scale reflecting the support required to advance the aspiration catheter through the carotid siphon. A logistic regression classifier with ridge regularization and correlation-based feature selection was trained using nine geometric attributes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the full 53-case dataset, the model achieved 58.5% accuracy, with substantial interclass overlap, particularly among higher-complexity categories. Applying a confidence-based decision criterion, retaining only predictions where the second-highest class probability was less than 60% of the highest class probability, yielded a high-confidence subset of 32 cases. In this subset, accuracy increased to 75.0%, the kappa statistic increased from 0.40 to 0.65, and the weighted F-measure reached 0.73. The model achieved 100% recall for M2 and 100% precision for M3, whereas M4 remained difficult to distinguish.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>CTA-derived three-dimensional morphometric analysis of the carotid siphon provides clinically relevant information on catheter navigation difficulty during mechanical thrombectomy. Confidence-gated classification identified anatomically well-defined cases in which device-support requirements could be predicted more reliably. Borderline cases remained influenced by factors beyond luminal geometry. 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